Letters to the Editor category, Page 375
Letter to the editor: Democrats & secrecy
“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. … Our way of life is under attack.” John F. Kennedy knew the extreme dangers of government agencies...
Letter to the editor: Credits for natural gas vehicles
Earlier this year, I traveled to Washington, D.C. with other members of the natural gas vehicle industry. We met with over 60 congressional offices, calling on Congress to immediately restore the alternative fuel tax credit (AFTC). The AFTC is crucial to deploying more clean-burning, domestically fueled natural gas vehicles. Deployment...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Trump
I agree with letter-writer Ron Raymond (“Obama vs. Trump,” May 26, TribLIVE) on the differences between Obama and Trump differences. I also agree with the rest of his letter. I am thankful every day that we elected Donald Trump, though I wish he would stop tweeting and talking too much....
Letter to the editor: Wolf’s climate plans must be followed by action
Gov. Tom Wolf continues to move apace on climate change: Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Plan was released last month, and the governor also made Pennsylvania a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance, a 24-state compact committed to the climate goals of the Paris agreement. These are exactly the signals we need,...
Letter to the editor: Women’s health choices should be their own
Robin Hammonds should be commended for her insightful letter “With abortion outlawed, who will take care of the babies?” She wrote, “No one religious group has the right to impose its religious beliefs on others.” This is manifestly true. Back in the day, I attended the wedding of one of...
Letter to the editor: We must unite to fight drug epidemic
America’s drug epidemic — the crime, the deaths, the recovery — is affecting everyone, and we all must help to fight it. We need to pray for those suffering with addiction and for police officers. Officers need to be properly equipped to deal with this epidemic, and those suffering should...
Letter to the editor: Climate-change hogwash
One of the greatest scientific achievements ever was putting a man on the moon and returning him safely home. Settled science made it possible. On the other side of the coin, so-called scientists claim they can predict weather events years in the future based on computer models they call “settled...
Letter to the editor: Exelon bailout will cost us all
While Exelon works the halls of government in Harrisburg for a $500 million annual handout it says it needs to keep its Three Mile Island nuclear plant open — which will be paid through higher electric bills by residents and businesses — the Fortune 100 company just reported $907 million...
Letter to the editor: Xenophobic views
Rudy Gagliardi your diatribe (“Affirmative action, female politicians,” May 23, TribLIVE) really showed us your true self and your jaundiced views. You are a misogynistic, racist xenophobe. Adam wasn’t made from Eve’s rib because she couldn’t “spare” one. Our only hope is that you jump into the swamp that Trump...
Letter to the editor: Turned away at polls
I went to vote after work on Election Day. I could have gone straight home or to Sheetz (“Not voting squanders basic birthright of America,” May 22, TribLIVE), but I had a chance to make a change in our government and our school board. As I gave my name to...
Letter to the editor: Pipelines mean jobs
There seemed to be both good and bad news in your recent story “Report: Number of drilled but uncompleted oil and gas wells in U.S. continues to rise” (May 3, TribLIVE) about the number of unfinished wells in the United States. The good news is that the number of unfinished...
Letter to the editor: Misinformed on Obama vs. Trump
It’s hard to know where to begin with Ron Raymond’s letter “Obama vs. Trump.” Like so many other right-wing parrots, he directs us to see the effects of socialism in Venezuela. Funny, I never hear these people speak of Norway, Canada or Finland, to name a few. The only reason...
Letter to the editor: We need more like Bill Burns, who stuck to the facts
A tip of the hat to Joseph Sabino Mistick for his column “Bill Burns knew the value of freedom” (May 26, TribLIVE). I grew up watching the noon news on KDKA TV with Burns as the anchor. He always presented the facts, no bias — Mistick failed to mention this...
Letter to the editor: U.S. Steel & Mon Valley’s air quality
U.S. Steel’s recent announcement of a $1 billion investment in the company’s Mon Valley Works was met with a positive response from politicians and steelworkers alike (“U.S. Steel announces $1B investment in Edgar Thomson, Clairton plants,” May 2, TribLIVE). But the giddiness surrounding the announcement obfuscates the chronic pollution and...
Letter to the editor: People want school choice, not discussion
In response to recently passed legislation increasing caps for tax credit scholarships, the Tribune-Review hopes we can bog the scholarships down in endless discussion (“School choice should be discussed, not automatic.” More discussion sounds great — unless you’re one of the tens of thousands of families denied scholarships every year....
Sounding off: Pittsburgh sisters welcome immigrants
Pittsburgh’s templed hills have long provided refuge to persons of diverse heritages and faiths whose virtues tempered our city of steel. The Catholic Sisters Leadership Council of Western Pennsylvania wishes to join Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in welcoming vulnerable migrants and refugees seeking asylum from violence, injustice and other life-threatening...
Letter to the editor: Risk of not vaccinating
Regarding Susan Gero’s letter “Vaccine curiosity”: Common sense is that you can Google the reasons vaccinated people are at risk and how dangerous this disease is. It’s not big pharma! In 2017 worldwide, 110,000 people died of measles. It is deadly. People with compromised immune systems — people with HIV,...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for support for Cait Tracy’s recovery
On May 5, we were reminded how life can change in an instant when a tragic accident took the life of two young people and critically injured our daughter, Cait Tracy (“Employees of Greensburg’s Rialto restaurant mourned after fatal crash in Hempfield,” May 6, TribLIVE). It was an unimaginable loss...
Letter to the editor: CEO salaries ridiculous
Reading the paper today showed once again the injustice of CEOs’ salaries (“UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $8.54M in 2018, a 40% jump,” May 17, TribLIVE). With all the problems that cause havoc in our medical system, we need to find solutions. Yet they pay one man almost $9 million...
Letter to the editor: Abortion holocaust
In the article “Rep. Frankel, Pittsburgh Jewish lawmaker, outraged with pro-life group using Holocaust images” (May 17, TribLIVE), Rep. Dan Frankel said he was “… incredulous that someone would equate the Holocaust and images of murdered, naked bodies in a concentration camp with the issue of women who want to...
Letter to the editor: A lesson in tariffs
Absurditopians and Stupidians obviously wrote Don Boudreaux’s column “What if real wars were fought like trade wars?” My 16, TribLIVE); nothing else explains its lack of economic reality. When a tariff is imposed, it’s not just to collect the tariff; since demand is elastic — that is, in proportion to...
Letter to the editor: We need our Second Amendment rights
While I share Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s outrage at the recent shootings at schools and places of worship (“Bill Peduto, Philly mayor: Why we oppose Pa. Senate gun bill,” May 9, TribLIVE), I cannot support their attempts to circumvent the rights of law-abiding citizens. This...
Letter to the editor: Tom Wolf’s extortion plan for college graduates
Gov. Tom Wolf (to recent college grad): Nice mountain of debt you are drowning in. I tell you what I’m gonna do. I got this little job I want you to do. Do me this little favor and I’ll see to it that you don’t have to pay back the...
Letter to the editor: Why should Trump release his taxes?
With thousands of people illegally crossing our southern border daily to manipulate our asylum laws, and the national debt approaching $22 trillion, President Trump is trying to find solutions to both — he has repeatedly proposed cutting wasteful spending from the budget and controlling the flood of illegals crossing the...
Letter to the editor: Why a Russian band at SummerSounds
Regarding Marion Sedlacko’s letter “SummerSounds doesn’t need Russian band” (May 10, TribLIVE) criticizing the choice of a Chicago cover band from Russia to perform in the 2019 SummerSounds concert series: I have regularly attended SummerSounds since the early 2000s. Gene James and the SummerSounds organization have done an extraordinary, I...
